On Mar 14, 8:39*am, Mike the Strike wrote:
*Once you permit pilot-assigned turnpoints (AAT and MAT), the race has essentially become OLC light.


Mike - While I don't disagree with your attitude, I cringe at your
characterization of AAT tasks... In an AAT (or MAT), the pilots are
still launching within an hour of each other and flying in (generally)
the same airmass. By contrast, here's a typical OLC "task" [with my
tongue firmly planted in my cheek]:

OLC 2012, Day 74
-----
GRID TIME: *after sunrise*
LAUNCH TIME: *after grid*
START: *near an airfield of some sort, and don't take too long of a
tow*
TP1: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
TP2: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
TP3: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
TP4: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
TP5: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
FINISH: 00:00.000N, 000:00.000W, Radius 3964 miles
-----

:-)

--Noel
(who really likes the OLC, but doesn't consider a 500km flight in
Germany and a 500km flight in the US comparable achievements - even on
the same day)